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Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · Feb 13

I feel like I might need to say on here: I'm only polite the first time you come over here to make assumptions, blindly proselytizing, and/or being tone deaf af in my mentions.

Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · Sep 10

Don't expect me to be sad about who want to see me dead or in chains being cut free from the mortal coil.

*cue aliahshefield's "Dance in the Street When You Die"*

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🍂 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · Sep 10

Happy holidays but keep it in the group, chat, y'all. Love youuuu

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Darth Kriss @insanityreport.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Jaxx Dynamite @jaxxdynamite.bsky.social · Sep 10

Wait. That Etsy witch bout to be booked and busy!

a man in a basketball jersey is looking at the camera .

ALT: a man in a basketball jersey is looking at the camera .

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Darth Kriss @insanityreport.bsky.social · Sep 3

Latest Insanity Check with @bookblerd.bsky.social: ICE is violating our rights more than everyone realizes, RFK Jr is the most dangerous cabinet member and Kriss comes out as pro-ageist

Insanity Check: The Pro-Ageism Agenda

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objective Cyd @objectivecyd.blacksky.app · Sep 2

Also, for @bookblerd.bsky.social, @insanityreport.bsky.social, and everyone else, a site dedicated to review and call out of those long ToS that you know you don't read:

tosdr.org/en

'I have read and agree to the Terms' is the biggest lie on the web. Together, we can fix that.

tosdr.org

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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · Aug 25

The entertainment team is a fraction of the staff at IGN, and they laid off 2 of us with the insistence that they'd be "covering the vertical less." In fact, in every layoff they've said "we'll just pare back our coverage." Every single time it's been a lie.

Solidarity forever with my friends.

IGN Union @ignunion.bsky.social · Aug 25

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain.

Not this time. Not anymore.

FROM NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 13TH IGN CREATORS GUILD IS GOING TO... DO OUR JOB!

OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IGN MANAGEMENT HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH LAYING OFF OUR COWORKERS OVER AND OVER. MEANWHILE, MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE LEFT THE COMPANY IN NO SMALL PART DUE TO BUYOUTS, OVERWORK, AND FEELING UNSUPPORTED, EACH TIME, THE COMPANY HAS REFUSED TO BACKFILL MANY ESSENTIAL ROLES, CLAIMING WE'RE ON A HIRING FREEZE, IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET, OR THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO LESS WORK THIS TIME.

AS A RESULT, IGNCG MEMBERS HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE ON MORE OF THEIR FORMER COLLEAGUES' WORKLOADS. MANY OF US NOW WORK LONGER HOURS THAN WE USED TO. A LOT OF US RARELY TAKE LUNCH BREAKS. SOME OF US DO NOT TAKE ADEQUATE TIME OFF DUE TO THERE BEING NO ONE TO PICK UP THE SLACK. OTHERS OF US ARE STUCK DOING WORK WE WERE NEVER HIRED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UP TO THIS POINT, WE'VE ALL ACCEPTED THIS AS NORMAL, BECAUSE WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT IGN AND THE WORK WE DO. BUT WITH SO MANY OF US STRUGGLING MORE AND MORE AS EACH NEW WAVE OF OUR COWORKERS ARE DEPRIVED OF A LIVELIHOOD, THIS CYCLE CAN'T CONTINUE. MANAGEMENT IS UNWILLING TO STOP IT, SO IT FALLS TO US.
WITH THE LAYOFFS OF EIGHT OF OUR COWORKERS, IGNCG HAS NEGOTIATED A SIX-MONTH RECALL LIST. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, IF IGN WANTS TO FILL ANY OF THOSE ELIMINATED ROLES AGAIN, THEY MUST REHIRE OUR LAID-OFF COLLEAGUES. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR JOBS BACK IF THEY WANT THEM, AND IF NOT, WE WANT THOSE ROLES BACKFILLED TO EASE THE BURDEN ON THE REST OF US.
SO STARTING TODAY, LENCE MEMBERS ARE COMMITTING TO DO OUR JOBS. NO MORE, NO LESS. WELL SHOW UP TO WORK ON TIME AND LEAVE ON TIME. WE'RE TAKING ALL OF OUR LUNCH TIME, EVERY DAY.
IF WE WORK LATE, WE WILL FIRMLY ASK FOR OUR RIGHTFULLY EARNED COMP TIME. AND IF IGN WANTS OUR LAID-OFF COWORKERS' WORK TO GET DONE, THEY'LL HAVE TO REHIRE THEM TO DO IT INSTEAD OF FOISTING IT UPON US.
HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT IGNCG IN ALL THIS?
SHARE THIS POST, AND TELL IGN MANAGEMENT THAT Y…

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Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · Aug 22

@insanityreport.bsky.social's feed today reminds me how many of y'all watched Jordan Peele's "Us" and missed EVERY point

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · Aug 22

Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire

www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...

Ketanji Brown Jackson Stops Just Short of Saying the Supreme Court Is Breathtakingly Full of Shit

“Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.”

www.ballsandstrikes.org

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Trojan @trojanscooter.bsky.social · Aug 17

“it’s like Upton Sinclair never wrote a book.” - @bookblerd.bsky.social | I read that in jr or high school. LOVED IT!!!!!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

Insanity Check: The Broken Social Contract

Podcast Episode · MTR Network Main Feed · 08/05/2025 · 2h 28m

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · Aug 18

If you don’t wanna be shunned by everyone you rely on to maintain your status in a given space, it’s kind of on you to not be a fuckin weirdo to strangers. Try, at least?

You’re not entitled to anyone’s time or attention; watching dudes act like they are and spin out when shut down is wild as hell.

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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · Aug 19

Right before being laid off, I went viral from a question I asked Vanessa Kirby at the Fantastic Four junket.

On a day where we’re once again asked to justify our careers as critics and journalists, it feels pertinent.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BM6QKT/

TFW the entertainment journalist you just got done praising gets laid off immediately after going viral. #layoffs #laidoff #fyp #entertainment #criticism

TikTok video by Amelia Emberwing

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Trojan @trojanscooter.bsky.social · Jul 27

Listening to “What Does That Have to Do with Me?” on the Insanity Check with @insanityreport.bsky.social and @bookblerd.bsky.social | The MTR Network

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Insanity Check: What Does That Have to Do With Me?

Podcast Episode · MTR Network Main Feed · 07/07/2025 · 2h 23m

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Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Jul 27

This. Please stop telling me that you are “not surprised.”

Public interest journalism isn’t about shock value.

It’s about informing people and holding power to account.

I don’t care if you’re not surprised by the information I report on.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 27

I do not care that you are not “surprised.” Please. You have no idea how tiresome it is when you post that something horrible, fascist, authoritarian is “not surprising.” Nothing is “surprising” anymore. But a lot of it is horrible and frightening. Let’s deal with it together.

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · Jul 25

I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:

Read Like a Criminal

Big Gay Read 2025 Keynote Speech

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Sarah IS LOOKING FOR WORK!!! @killianfantasy.bsky.social · Jul 24

We're so freaking close! I know we can make it!

Rosa Sparks @rosasparks.bsky.social · Jul 23

The first all Black women fantasy graphic novel is so close to being funded! With have 3 days to hit our goals! Check out Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black Women by @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social #SDCC #IndieComics #graphicnovel #kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...

Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W

A comic anthology featuring ten fantasy stories from Black women creators.

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Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Domer in me wants to fight you but also simultaneously understands lol. I love them both too so I'll listen for you DPalm

Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm not supposed to be vertical (or outside), but I'm not missing my #FantasticFour screening.

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Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · May 28

can't beat starting the day off by being a menace to the pharmacy tech who arbitrarily decided my insurance doesn't cover my Rx anymore.

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Fellow Traveller @fellowtraveller.games · May 21

This is just a #humblebrag reminder that 1000xRESIST recently took home a Peabody Award—and we’re still buzzing about it 🐝

A powerful, genre-bending story that’s earned its place alongside the best in media 🏆

Haven’t played it yet? Now’s the time!

💠 bit.ly/1KXRSteam

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Ro @bookblerd.bsky.social · May 14

I can't think of a better way for Jessica Jones to re-enter the MCU chat than via Daredevil: Born Again's second season.

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Casket For My Tears @jillpantozzi.bsky.social · May 14

Well fuck me, we're getting Jessica Jones back. The world is healing.

A screenshot from the Daredevil account on the Bad Place. Krysten Ritter and Charlie Cox are pictured together on a stage. Text says: Jessica Jones will return.

Krysten Ritter and Charlie Cox reunited to talk Season 2 of Marvel Television’s #DaredevilBornAgain    at the #DisneyUpfronts.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · May 14

Oh I think Idaho was very attractive.
Court d’Alene perhaps? idahocapitalsun.com/2022/08/11/h...
Or Sand Point? The favored retirement town for white cops
(We learned about it b/c of Mark Fuhrman of O.J. fame).
idahocapitalsun.com/2022/08/11/h...
N. Idaho? Spokane? www.spokesman.com/stories/2024...

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Vida Cruz-Borja @laviecestmoi.bsky.social · May 14

Join us (in Philippine time, this Friday, May 16, 8am) as we discuss real-world stakes in SFF!

writersleague.org/calendar/may...

May Third Thursday: “Real-World Stakes in Science Fiction and Fantasy”

“I think hard times are coming, where we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, and can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technolog…

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